2.25 - A Tail of Valor

 

2v2 Match Quality Update

Back in December, we implemented a new system to warn and temporarily suspend users from 2v2 matches specifically. Since these suspensions are lighter than full game bans, we're able to take action more frequently and more consistently when disruptive behavior shows up.

We're now issuing warnings and suspensions on a daily basis, and player reports are one of our most important tools in identifying this type of behavior, and we appreciate everyone who takes the time to submit them.

The good news: a large portion of players receiving a warning or suspension have only needed a single warning, which suggests that the system is doing its job and is improving the quality of the matches. We'll continue monitoring and refining this approach as we move forward.

We’d also like to remind players that continuing to play in ways your teammates consider griefing will result in increasingly longer suspensions from the game mode. 

Bug Fixes

Incubus

• Fixed an issue where an Incubus would become idle if Netherstep targeted minion that died at the exact same time.

Balance Changes

Vuk's Clutchcooker

• Health increased from 450 to 500
• Damage increased from 150 to 180

    

Apep (Perk: Papyrus of the Black Obelisk)

• Cooldown increased from 30 to 32 seconds

    

Frostfang Familiar

• Movement Speed reduced from 10 to 7

    

Idol of Sacrifice

• The sacrifice effect also deals 50 damage to nearby enemies and knocks them back

    

Lash of Ah'Mun

• Master damage dealt increased from 10% to 25%

    

Karmic

• Minimum return damage from Karmic Shield increased from 40 to 50

    

Heal Puff

• Now heals for 50 health every 4 seconds instead of 12 health every 1 second.

    

Zeppelin Bomber

• Bomb damage is no longer reduced by Bulwark

    

Howling Moon

• Also fears every minion affected by the health reduction in a random direction

    

Caged Prowler

• Now has Slitherbind (1)  

Rock Rivals

• The living statue summoned for the opponent now has Divine Shield

    

Prime Sergeant Raddick

• Bullet spread reduced by 50%
• Range increased from 4 to 6

    

Woodsman

• Attack speed buffed from 1.9 to 1.8 seconds

    

Rabid Prowler

• Cost reduced from 5 to 4
• Sacrifice cost reduced from 3 to 1

    

Blastmancer

• Soul Detonation radius reduced from 14 to 12

    

2.24 - Palebane Omen

 

Premade Lobby Improvements

We have improved the Team Ranked Premade Lobby interface to help teams get into action faster. It is now much easier to identify exactly which duplicate masters and cards are preventing your team from queueing.

Chat Moderation Improvements

To ensure our chat remains a welcoming space for everyone, we've improved the tools available for our chat moderation team to address issues quicker. While you might not see these changes directly in the chat, we hope that you will experience a cleaner and more positive in-game chat.

Balance Changes

Spawn of Fury

• Now mirrors the new unit vertically instead of summoning it next to the original

Armored Escort

• The shield and sentry buff (after playing it at 6 or more mana) now only triggers on ground ranged minions

Screaming Scrat

• Cost reduced from 2 to 1

• Damage reduced from 100 to 30

• Movement speed increased from 7 to 10

• Time to explode reduced from 4 to 3 seconds

Woodsman

• Damage increased from 70 to 75

Stormbringer (Perk 2: Aerodynamics)

• Now also grants Marksmanship to friendly Buildings

Healing Shrine

• Reduced placement restriction radius

Zap Shrine

• Reduced placement restriction radius

Wall

• Reduced placement restriction radius

Sanctum of the Cleansing Fire

• Reduced placement restriction radius

Fergus Flagon Fighter

• Now has "Revelry: Increase movement speed by 2. Triggers only once."

Rampant Growth

• Delay before the shrooms start moving reduced from 1.5 to 0.5 seconds

Rabid Prowler

• Cost reduced from 6 to 5

• Is summoned with all its health poisoned

• Inflicts 2 seconds of Poison with each attack

• Sacrifice effect changed to: "Sacrifice (3): Gain Haste"

Mordar (Alt Perk: Tomb of the Deathless)

• Cooldown reduced from 38 to 34 seconds

Rocket Scrat

• No longer has Shield

• Damage increased from 80 to 90

Milloween (Perk 1: Arcane Golem)

• Health gained from each Arcane Spark reduced from 30 to 25

Jez'Ra, the Voidmother

• Damage reduced from 150 to 120

Ravager (Alt Perk 3: Onslaught Codex)

• Impatient Statue, Gax the World Bomb, Demon Warrior, Guardian, and Lord-Sentinel Thelec can no longer be generated

Future Past / Future Present

• Arcane Barrage can no longer be generated

The following cards are now limited to 1 copy in decks

• Screaming Scrat

2.23 - Fur-midable Guardian

Improving 2v2 Match Quality

We are expanding our efforts to investigate intentional disruption in 2v2 matches, and upcoming patches will introduce measures aimed at reducing the impact of players who intentionally disrupt the game experience.

Player reports remain one of our most effective tools for identifying these behaviors, and we appreciate everyone who takes the time to submit them.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Arcane Barrage's indicator being too large

• Fixed too many legionnaires being summoned in the Gang of Deserters adventure

• Fixed the camera in Mayhem sometimes being reversed

• Fixed a bug with the chat censoring 's at the end of words

Balance Changes

Mountain Gale

• Maximum speed cap increased from 7 to 10

Scrat Horde

• Amount summoned reduced from 10 to 9

Morgrul's Ragers

• Amount summoned reduced from 3 to 2
• Now has Berserker's Rage

Rocket Scrat

• Now also has Shield

Jing Long

• Delay between phasing out has increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds

Blastmancer

• Health reduced from 170 to 150

Spiritmancer

• Health reduced from 170 to 150

Fire Imp

• Now has Icebreaker

A.I.M Bot

• The Gnats summoned have Shield and Marksmanship

The following cards are now limited to 1 copy in decks

• Rockin' Roller

2.22 - Empyrean Commander

 

Balance Changes

Wrecked Walker

• No longer summoned with any health missing

Armored Escort

• The summoned Sentry no longer has Shield.

• The ranged minion that's protected by the Sentry gets Shield instead

Ghast

• Cooldown between summoning Skeletons has reduced to 0.2s.

• Summoned Skeletons now have Curse.

Siege Imperator Ruby

• Damage increased from 8 to 10.

Sugilite Shield

• AoE reduced from 5 to 4.5.

• Duration increased from 3 to 4.

• Mana cost reduced from 1 to 0.

• Now has Mana Freeze (1).

Walking Blind Date

• Can no longer summon Rock Rivals.

Combustion

• No longer has Invoke.

R3-KT Perk - One Punch Blast

• Blast distance increased from 8 to 10.

Mountain Gale

• Duration increased from 6 to 7.

Idol of Sacrifice

• Now has Slitherbind (1).

Caber Tosser

• Caber attack now inflicts Slow.

Feng the Wanderer

• Health reduced from 375 to 350.

Morgrul's Ragers

• Now summons 3 (up from 2).

The following cards has had their wildcards reduced to 1:

• Harmful Souls
• Infiltration
• Defenso Chopper
• High Marshal Rystar
• Ion Grenade

2.21 - Whispers of the Voidmother

 

Balance Changes

Impatient Statue

• Will now gain Haste and Divine Shield when played during Mana Frenzy, even if not played impatiently

Net Blaster

• Attacks now also inflicts Slow

Nyrvir Slumbers

• Now has Accursed Ascension: Reduce cost by 2

Jungle Jumble

• Instead of adding 3 random Zen-Chi minions to your deck, it will now give you a 1–3 cost, a 4–6 cost, and a 7+ cost Zen-Chi minion card

Woodsman

• Revelry effect changed to "Gain Haste"

Groggy Woodsman

• Revelry effect changed to "Gain Haste"

Caber Tosser

• Revelry effect changed to "Gain Haste"

Ion Grenade

• Damage per explosion reduced from 50 to 40

• Tech cost reduced from 25 to 20

Magnetic Bombs

• Explosion radius increased from 3.5 to 4

Mar'Dred, Prince of Nightmares

• Destroy threshold reduced from 40% to 30% health

Nezara's Ability - Frost Nova

• Cost reduced from 2 to 1

Gambler's Ball

• Sacrifice cost reduced from 3 to 2

Bahra the Witchwolf

• Health increased from 300 to 350

The Revenant

• Cost reduced from 8 to 7

• Healing when killing a Marked for Death minion reduced from 200 to 100

S1ege Br3aker MKI

• Range reduced from 8 to 6

Styxi

• Health increased from 140 to 150

Korrrgoth, Tyrant of Gor'Rakk

• Health increased from 1200 to 1300

Leiliel's Vortex

• Pull strength increased from 10 to 14

• Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds

Stun Lancers

• Now have Slitherbind (1)

Ravager alt perk 1 - Overpower

• Now applies to any minions that cost 4 or more

Simulacrum

• Cost reduced from 2 to 1 when not copying a minion

Karmic

• Karmic Shield will always deal at least 40 damage

2.20 - Silk and Scorn

 

Balance Changes

R3KT

• Shadow Dance perk cooldown reduced from 23 to 20 seconds

Valorian

• Fervor perk cooldown starts from when the Fervent Warrior dies
• Holy Fire perk cooldown increases from 25 to 28 seconds

Caber Tosser

• Caber damage increased from 150 to 200

HighMage Leiliel

• Now has Marksmanship

Caged Powler

• Delay before summoning reduced from 22 to 20 seconds

High Marshal Rystar

• Legion reduced from 5 to 4

Sniper Scrat

• Damage increased from 100 to 130

Sniper Squad

• Damage increased from 100 to 130

Bounty Sniper

• Damage increased from 100 to 130

Styxi

• Damage increased from 100 to 130

Impatient Statue

• If played impatiently, gets Divine Shield as well as Haste

Idol of Sacrifice

• Duration increased from 40 to 60 seconds

Crossbow Club House

• Summoned Crossbow Dudes spawns with Rush

Karmic

• Total damage increased from 24 to 27

Fear Status Effect

• Duration reduced from 5 to 4

Dragon Nest

• When you cast a spell that costs 0-2: Summon 1 Flightless Dragon
• When you cast a spell that costs 3-4: Summon 2 Flightless Dragons
• When you cast a spell that costs 5 or more: Summon 2 Flightless Dragons with Rage

Infiltration

• The summoned Plasma Marines spawns with Rush

Bug Fixes

• Idol of Sacrifice tooltip now correctly specifies Haste instead of Rage
• Call to Arms tooltip now correctly specifies that it only works on buildings under your command.

2.19 - Order and Oblivion

 

Balance Changes

Cheese Date

• Cycles through the available minions instead of choosing one at random

Rampant Growth

• Healing per mushroom increased from 75 to 85

Mountain Gale

• Healing increased from 150 to 180

Protocol 45.54.55-1N

• Attack damage increased from 40 to 50

Trick Swap

• Stun duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds

M0nitor Gn4ts

• Cost reduced from 3 to 2
• Amount of gn4ts summoned reduced from 3 to 2

Wardancers

• Now summoned vertically instead of horizontally

Stun Lancers

• Now summoned vertically instead of horizontally

High Marshal Rystar

• Has Legion (5) instead of Legion (3)

Prime Sergeant Raddick

• Range reduced from 6 to 4
• Movement speed increased from 5 to 7

Volco alt perk 3 - Endless Rage

• No longer a single use card added to your deck
• Is now added to your deck every 30 seconds
• Mana gain reduced from 7 to 2
• Duration reduced from 10 to 5 seconds

Commander Azali

• Now has Shield

Void Tear

• Cost increased from 2 to 3

S1ege Br3aker MKI

• Attack AoE increased from 1.5 to 2

Crystal Sentry

• Attack cooldown increased from 1.4 to 1.5

The following cards has had their wildcards reduced to 1:

• Arcane Barrage
• Windwalker Shi-Hou
• Stormy
• Shroomama Shumi
• Blue Golem
• Blastmancer